getting there

code/utils/misc.py

@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 from datetime import datetime
-from flask import current_app as app
+import secrets
+import string
+
+VALID_TOKEN_CHARS = string.digits + string.ascii_letters
+
+
+def random_token():
+    return "".join(secrets.choice(VALID_TOKEN_CHARS) for i in range(8))
 
 
 def file_date_human(num):
@@ -22,45 +29,3 @@ def file_size_human(num, HTML=True):
 
 def file_size_MB(num):
     return "{:,.2f}".format(num / (1024 * 1024))
-
-
-def get_or_none(key, d, none=None):
-    if key in d:
-        return d[key]
-    else:
-        return none
-
-
-def is_path_safe(path):
-    if path.startswith("."):
-        return False
-    if "/." in path:
-        return False
-    return True
-
-
-def is_valid_url(url, qualifying=None):
-    min_attributes = ("scheme", "netloc")
-    qualifying = min_attributes if qualifying is None else qualifying
-    token = urlparse(url)
-    return all([getattr(token, qualifying_attr) for qualifying_attr in qualifying])
-
-
-def path2url(path):
-    return pathname2url(path)
-
-
-def safe_name(s):
-    return safe_string(s, "-_")
-
-
-def safe_path(s):
-    return safe_string(s, "-_/")
-
-
-def safe_string(s, valid, no_repeat=False):
-    """return a safe string, replace non alnum characters with _ . all characters in valid are considered valid."""
-    safe = "".join([c if c.isalnum() or c in valid else "_" for c in s])
-    if no_repeat:
-        safe = re.sub(r"_+", "_", safe)
-    return safe